Global Security

State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security

Acts of terror and the dangerous reactions they provoke are symptomatic of underlying sources of global insecurity, including the perilous interplay among poverty, infectious disease, environmental degradation, and rising competition over oil and other resources.

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• Summary
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Foreword
• Press Release
• Media Kit

• "Cultivating Food Security" Trends and Facts & Discussion Questions

• In the post-9/11 world, where security threats have become a major concern, reducing global poverty, disease, environmental degradation, and societal inequities should be seen as a means to increase national and global security.
• "Laying the Foundations for Peace" Trends and Facts & Discussion Questions

• "Disarming Postwar Societies" Trends and Facts & Discussion Questions

• "Building Peace Through Environmental Cooperation" Trends and Facts

• "Water Conflict and Security Cooperation" Trends and Facts & Discussion Questions
• ECSP Director and State of the World 2005 author Geoffrey Dabelko Presents Testimony on Water Issues to House International Relations Committee

• "Containing Infectious Disease" Trends and Facts & Discussion Questions

• "Changing the Oil Economy" Trends and Facts & Discussion Questions

• "Population and Security" Trends and Facts & Discussion Questions

• "Security Redefined" Trends and Facts & Discussion Questions

Featured Links

Bonn International Center for Conversion (www.bicc.de)
Small Arms Survey (www.smallarmssurvey.org)

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Worldwatch Global Security Briefs

• Global Security Brief #9: Post-Tsunami Aceh: Is the World Watching?
• Global Security Brief #8: Peacemaking in Kashmir: From Physical Tremor to Political Earthquake?
• Global Security Brief #7: Upcoming World Summit Offers Rare Opportunity to Redesign the U.N. for the Future
• Global Security Brief #6: Promoting Environmental Cooperation as a Peace-Building Tool
• Global Security Brief #5: Water Can Be a Pathway to Peace, Not War
• Global Security Brief #4: Weapons of Mass Destruction and Nonproliferation—The Need for Global Engagement and Threat Reduction
• Global Security Brief #3: Climate Change Poses Greater Security Threat than Terrorism
• Global Security Brief #2: Youth Bulge, Underemployment Raise Risks of Civil Conflict
• Global Security Brief #1: Oil Price Surge Threatens Economic Stability and National Security

Global Security Online Discussions

• Keeping Food Supplies Secure
• Disarming Postwar Societies
• Building Peace Through Environmental Cooperation
• Managing Water Conflict and Cooperation
• Nuclear Proliferation and the Threat of WMDs
• Climate Change, Oil and Security: Connecting the Dots
• Examining the Connections Between Population and Security
• State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security - Overview

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Symposia on State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security

On Feb 28 and Mar 1, 2005, the Institute for Environmental Security and Worldwatch Institute co-organized symposia on State of the World 2005: Redefining Global Security at the Peace Palace in The Hague and at the European Parliament in Brussels. The proceedings of the two events with links to a media kit, program agendas, speeches and discussion, and lists of participants can be found at the IES Web site, through the link below.

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Additional Resources

Worldwatch Research Library: Security

Media Resources